字詞研究 (85)

字詞研究 (85)

第二章：字源/字根相同字

(Words with Identical Roots)

86) inability / disability:

able  a.其相反詞為 unable a. 名詞為： 

1. inability n.無能力或缺乏能力

Due to ~ cope with the crisis, he was forced to resign. 因無能力處理危機，他被迫辭職。

disable v. 使…失去能力 (指暫時或永遠喪失功能，但不一定影響到功用)，如：

He serves as chairman of the board, though disabled by polio. 雖因小兒痲痺而傷殘，他仍擔任

董事會主席。

Retro-rockets are disabled by a misfire during blast-off. 減速火箭在起飛時因不發火而失效。

disabled a. 殘廢的a. the ~ (people) 泛指殘障人士。

Pretending to help the disabled, lawyers have come up with a whole new scam.

律師們假裝幫助殘障人士，卻想出一套全新騙術。

2. disability n. 無能 (disabled condition)

These parking spaces are reserved for drivers with disabilities. 這些停車位是保留給

殘障駕駛員。

*drivers with disabilities  = handicapped drivers 殘障駕駛

Osteoporosis is a major cause of ~ and death in the elderly, and it’s on the rise as the

baby boom generation ages. 骨質疏鬆症是老人殘障與死亡的主因；同時隨著嬰兒

潮世代的老化，它正逐漸增加。

 

87) invention / inventory:

1 invent  vt.

在科學與科技上的用法與design 在美學上的用法相似，invent產品的人要計劃和試驗新觀念。

 invention n. U.發明

Necessity is the mother of ~. 需要為發明之母。 ~ n. C. 發明物；make an epoch ~

劃時代的發明

Most of the ~ s in 2004 are related to computer science. 2004 年大部分之發明物都和

電腦有關。  

2. inventory n.庫存品 n. 物品清單；存貨 U. = stock

~ 是特殊種類的listings (名單) ，上面載有各項物品的種類說明與數量。

a.     It’s time to take ~ 該盤點存貨了。

b. Entire multimillion dollar ~ must be sold to the highest bidder regardless

of their value. 不管價值如何，全部好幾百萬元的庫存品都要賣給出最高價的

標售者。(拍賣場的廣告用詞)

On the market there are more buyers than the houses available for sale; the~ is limited.

房屋市場上買主比賣主多；房屋庫存量有限。

比較：

catalogue, 目錄，乃指人名或物品的list或一覽表，通常按字母或筆劃順序排列。

例：

He gave me a ~ of woes: his bar broke down, he had a fight with his girlfriend, he caught a cold,

and so on. 他把煩惱事給我開了一份清單，他的車子壞，和女友吵架，感冒了等。

                

88) instance / instant:

1.     instance [ '0nstDns ] n. 例子；事例 (指一個概括論旨之具體的example或illustration. 如，

~ of oligarchic rule in European history (歐洲史上寡頭政治統治之例證)

in the first ~ 首先  = in the first place ；take + 事 for ~ (example) 以…為例

比較：

case, 可含糊地代替instance；cancer cases癌症病例；a strange murder case奇怪的謀殺案         

2. instant [ '0nstDnt ] n. /a. 瞬間 ； in an ~ = ~ ly 立刻the ~ (that) + 子句

= as soon as..  一等到….就..

The ~ the audience saw the popular singer, they shrieked. 觀眾們一看到著名歌星，

就尖叫起來。

~ a.儘速的 ~ noodle 速食麵 (速食麵) ~ coffee (milk) 即咖啡 (牛奶) 緊急的 ~

=  (urgent) message  急件

a. Those instant messages popping up on your computer would hurt you.

那些瞬間突然大量冒進你電腦的信件會傷害你。

b. Beware! To touch these wires is ~ death. 警告：碰觸電會立刻致死。

c. The ~ embrace of cell phones by traditional news networks underscored

how an evolving technology can take on new and unexpected roles.

傳統新聞網的緊急利用手機，強調了一項逐漸興起的科技，能擔任一些新和意

想不到的角色。

instantly adv. 立即；瞬間地

Justin Lai 編著

01/09/2015